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So was out today and found a duck egg sitting on its own with no sign of a nest with a 20ft radius. It was grassland area with a pond 40ft away.
Did not touch or move the egg and left it where I found it but think that maybe I should have picked it up and taken it home where I would rig up a light bulb etc and nurse it to good health
Could go back and get it. What should I do? and am I over thinking?
Your overrthinking it, id say you did right by leaving alone.there may be a reason it was left behind.
You could try and grow your own duck or you could make a [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg) ]balut[/url] if you feel like being gross.
you should have taken it home and eaten it.
Leave it.
Ducks are imprint birds, so you would have ended up being mummy for the rest of its life. Which is no life for a duck.
Eaten it - maybe.
Omelette
I made a 3-egg omlette with duck eggs today, was great. Hope this helps, D.
If the duck has abandoned it, then it's still going to provide a decent meal for a fox, hedge-hog, weasel, stoat etc.
scrambled some this morning, that was a good use though should have added more milk.
more importantly I went into a supermarket & saw loads of eggs but no chickens what should I have done?
Thanks for the perspective.
Will take home and cook for my tea next time!!